Human Development and the Path to Freedom: 1870 to the Present (New Approaches to Economic and Social History)

"How has human development evolved during the last 150 years of globalization and economic growth? How has human development been distributed across countries? How do developing countries compare to developed countries? Do social systems matter for wellbeing? Are there differences in the performance of developing regions over time? Employing a capabilities approach, Human Development and the Path to Freedom addresses these key questions in the context of modern economic growth and globalization from c.1870 to the present. Leandro Prados de la Escosura shows that health, access to knowledge, standards of living, and civil and political freedom can substitute for GDP per head as more accurate measures of our wellbeing." -- prové de l'editor 04.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page 2 05.0_pp_v_v_Dedication 6 06.0_pp_vi_vi_Epigraph 7 07.0_pp_vii_viii_Contents 8 08.0_pp_ix_xiii_Figures 10 09.0_pp_xiv_xvi_Tables 15 10.0_pp_xvii_xxii_Preface 18 11.0_pp_1_10_Introduction 24 12.0_pp_11_96_An_Aggregate_View 34 12.1_pp_13_36_Augmented_Human_Development_What_Is_It_How_to_Measure_It 36 12.2_pp_37_64_Trends_in_Human_Development 60 12.3_pp_65_96_World_Distribution_of_Human_Development 88 13.0_pp_97_240_The_OECD_and_the_Rest 120 13.1_pp_99_134_Human_Development_in_the_OECD_and_the_Rest 122 13.2_pp_135_183_Human_Development_in_Latin_America 158 13.3_pp_184_240_Human_Development_in_Africa 207 14.0_pp_241_243_Postscript 264 15.1_pp_244_258_The_Augmented_Human_Development_Index_Sources_and_Procedures 267 15.2_pp_259_259_Alternative_Indices_of_Augmented_Human_Development_and_Their_Drivers 282 15.3_pp_260_266_International_Inequality 283 15.4_pp_267_285_Augmented_Human_Development_Index_in_World_Regions 290 15.5_pp_286_287_Latin_America 309 16.0_pp_288_297_Notes 311 17.0_pp_298_325_References 321 18.0_pp_326_330_Index 349 A major new account of the evolution of human development from c.1870 to the present using measures of health, access to knowledge, standards of living, and civil and political freedom. Leandro Prados de la Escosura shows how these measures can substitute for GDP per head as a more accurate measure of wellbeing